Flying-machine.



B. SMITH.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909 Eateate Mar. 2 1911.

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DAVID SMITH, GE IBEVEBJRE, NEBRASKA.

ELYING MAEEINE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Mar. i ffiili...

Application filed September 23, 1909. Serial No, 519,155.

This invention relates to flying machines and the object of the invention is to produce a machine in which the power Wlll be supplied by the passenger and which may be easily propelled and will be of a simple construction.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings as will be hereinafter first fully described and then pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a plan view of a flying machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an on largcd edge view of one of the wings or propcllcrplaucs. Fig. 4: is a detail view of the connection between the propeller plane or wing and the support for the same.

In carrying out my invent-ion I employ a skeleton frame constructed of light metal tubing and comprising an arched base portion 1, in the ends of which is journaled a crank shaft 2 provided at its ends with pedals 31 Risin from the said base portion 1 are diverging side bars l to the upper ends of which are secured the rings or circular rests 5 adapted to receive the legs of the operator. From the said rings or rests, standards 6 are projected and the upper ends of these standards are connected by a cross bar 7 so as impart rigidity to the frame. lVithin the standard 6 and in suitable bearings formed at the ends of the braces 8 extending outward from the standards, I journal a driven crank shaft 9 having'c'ank arms 10 at its ends and provided at its center with a sprocket wheel 11 connected by a chain 12 with a driving sprocket wheel 13 on the driving crank shaft 2, as clearly shown. Short standards l-z l; rise from the cross bar 7 and in the upper or outer ends of the said standards '14- l secure a supporting rod '15 provided at its extremities with spherical enlargements or balls 16 around each of which are clamped the members of a socket 17 on the end of an arm 18 carry ing a propelling wing or piano l9, as clearly shown.

The cover of each of the propelling wings may be of any suitable construction so as to offer the minimum amount of resistance during the upward movementof the wing, it being understood that the wing may be of the well known feathering type wherein flaps or strips are suspended from the frame and designed to swing upwardly and lap when the wing moves dmvnwardly. However inasmuch as the particular form of wing cover constitutes no part of the present invention it is to be understood that any suitable construction may be employed.

The arm 18 is connected by means offa pitinan or link 20 with the crank arm 10 lat the end of the shaft 9 so that the motion of the said shaft 9 will be imparted to the arm 18 and the wing or plane consequently rap idly vibrated so as to create a propelling and sustaining pressure against the atmosphere. Upon the supporting rod 15, at about the center of the same, I secure a. housingyfll within which a system of gearing 22 is mounted and upon the rearside of which a steering bar 23 is journaled, the said steering bar being disposed adjacent to the cross bar whereby it may be easily grasped by the hands of the operator. In the front side of the housing 2i I mount steering vane 24 which pro ects upwardly andforwau'dly from the said housing and the gearing 22 serves to connect the steering bar with the said vane whereby the rotation or oscillation of the stceringbar will turn the steering vane to one side or the other So that the air striking against said vane in the flight of the machine will serve to deflect the machine to one side or the other and thereby cause the desired change in the directionof travel.

In using my improved flying machine, the passenger will assume an inclined position, as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. 2, with his legs supports or rings 5 ant his feet bearing on the pedals 3. The machine will be supported at a sullicient height to permit the pedals to clear the ground and motion being imparted through the said pedals to the crank shaft 2,v the sprocket wheel 13 will be ro tated and the chain 12 will transmit the said motion to the sprocket wheel 11 and consequentl y rotate the crank shaft 9 wherebv the casing. through the wings 19 will be caused to follow the movement of the cranks 10 and consequently caused to press downwmd and haeltward against the atmosphere, the result of which action will be an uplifting and sea 'ing of the machine. The sprocket wheels will he so )roportioned as to cause the wings to vibrate at avery high speed so that the necessary sustaining and. propelling pressure will be exerted by the same. When it is desired to travel straight ahead the steering vane will he held in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, but if it is desired to more to one side or the other, the steering bar will be rotated so as to act on the steering Vane through the gearing i and cause a similar rotation of said vane and cause the 3 consequently deflect the machine to one or the other side.

My device is eon'ipesed of Very few parts 2 so that, it will have no excessive Weight and the parts are so disposed as to possess the desired strength and the machine may be readily operated hy any person.

Having thus deserihed my inventiomwhat I claim is I A machine of the class described including a frame adapted to be initially suprmrted by the perator, \rings carried hr the frame. manually operated means upon the trame for simi|ltaneou: oscillating thewrings in a piano receding upwardlr from the frame, a atrrring Vane having its axis of rotation alinine' with the longitudinal axis of the Frame. said vane extending upwardly from the trame. and manually operated mean-- tor actuating the vane relative to the trame.

in testimony that rlaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixed my siginrture in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID SMllll. lVitnesses:

OAR], A. JOHNSON, Jenn C. GREEN. 

